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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Chateau de Fontainebleau

Chateau de Fontainebleau anyone? For all of 23 euros you get a Forfait Loisirs at the Transilien guichet in Gare du Nord that provides you with train/bus/ chateau entry, illustrated booklet plus audio guide!

The lovely weather is a tossup that worked in our favor.

I met two Aussie sisters, Janet and Sue in the train station...

I think I have been in more grand halls this trip...

...than patisseries! But I intend to fix that.Not that there is anything wrong with grand halls..

Marie-Antoinette's boudoir...Any number of royalty resided here and left their thumb print - Francois I, Henry II and IV, Napoleon I and Josephine, Empress Eugenie, even Pope Pius VII was held prisoner here for 2 years...

I'd like to be held prisoner in this former bedroom...

Now a stairway...

I'm in love with these sculptures... And this one too...

Janet, Sue and I ate our sandwiches in Goddess Diana's tranquil garden. Then I wondered off to town to check out the macaron situation...

The best macarons are at Frederic Cassel's patisserie - but they are closed on Mondays :( I'd just begun to think it was time to begin walking Paris' streets instead of another ballroom when...

I saw this sign at the Fontainbleau train station - Chateau Vaux le Vicomte is having their very own Salon du Chocolat this weekend! For thr first time , Vaux le Vicomte will be hosting a new Chocolate fair inside the chateau. Chocolate makers will be inside the chateau to tell the visitors their secrets, demonstrating their art, and of course letting them tasting and buying their woderful products..bla bla bla

YES! An answer to a pray as you were wandering around the Fontainbleau - It is like a fairy tale come true--- fit for an American princess. What a delight Chateau Vaux le Vicomte is having their very own Salon du Chocolat while you are there and for the very first time. Image the eye candy photos you will snap (to share with PB's readers) and all the tasting you will get to do. The best for the last you will get to purchase very own favorites. Yum!Oh La La! Joanny

More gorgeous photos! Any no, you shouldn't miss Vaux le Vicomte! Can anyone who loves France, history, art, etc. really get too many chateaux under their belt? I don't think so! Can't wait for more photos.

Just an FYI…The November/December issue of Departures Magazine has an entire article on Macarons, where to find them in Paris and in the States. Also, they’ve put a star next to the patisseries who are extra tasty and who ship fresh overnight (without breakage). Possibly an ok alternative for those of us who are not in Paris (at the moment…)

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